Portraits of new American citizens

February 20, 2013

Almost 300 foreign-born children of naturalized immigrants received citizenship in New York

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Layla Nasher, 11 and her brother Issa Nasher, 12, who's family immigrated from Yemen to Newburgh, NY, await their American citizenship certificate at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), office on February 19, 2013 in New York City.

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Layla Nasher, 11 and her brother Issa Nasher, 12, who's family immigrated from Yemen to Newburgh, NY, await their American citizenship certificate at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), office on February 19, 2013 in New York City.